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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Bolt" Definition
noun
A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A flash of lightning; a thunderbolt.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Archaic To shoot or discharge (a missile, such as an arrow).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To desert or withdraw support from (a political party).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To pass (flour, for example) through a sieve.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
idiom
Bolt from the blue A sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Bolt upright In a rigidly vertical position: sat bolt upright.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Botany To flower or produce seeds prematurely or develop a flowering stem from a rosette.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To break away from an affiliation, as from a political party.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To move or spring suddenly.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To start suddenly and run away: The horse bolted at the sound of the shot. The frightened child bolted from the room.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To sift (as flour) usually through fine-meshed cloth.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To attach or fasten with .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To eat hastily or without chewing .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To break away from or refuse to support (as a political party).
Source: Merriam-Webster
To say impulsively .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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